Trail del Cinghiale 20K - Course Data, Elevation and Cutoffs
Trail del Cinghiale 20K is a 19.99 km loop from Palazzuolo sul Senio with 1,041 m of climbing, starting at 09:30 on Saturday 31 October 2026 and running to a 6-hour limit. It is the event's short course and its biggest field: 344 people finished it in 2025, more than the other distances combined.
Course profile
- Next edition
- Sat 31 Oct 2026 · 09:30
- Distance
- 19.99 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,041 m
- Elevation loss
- 1,041 m
- Cutoff
- 6h
- Typical winning time
- ~1h42
Short does not mean flat. At 52 m of climbing per kilometre the 20K is as steep per kilometre as the 50K, packed into a fifth of the distance, and the 2025 finish spread says how it runs: the winner came in at 1:39:23 and the last finisher at 5:17:54, a range of well over three hours on a course under 20 km. The climbing arrives early and on forest track, the descents back towards the village are steep enough to matter on tired legs, and a late-October morning on these ridges can be wet. It is the accessible distance of the weekend rather than an easy one, and with a 09:30 start it is the only race here run entirely in daylight. The organiser lists one aid point and publishes no intermediate time gate, so the table below carries the start, the finish and the 6-hour limit.
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide.
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Course math
Three numbers worked out from this course's distance, elevation and checkpoints.
UTMB Index category
20K
30 km-effort (distance + gain ÷ 100). Calculated from the course figures, not an official classification.
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Finish times, 2025 edition
344 runners finished. Half of them took longer than 3:06:36. That left the median finisher 2:53:24 inside the 6h cutoff.
Median finish
3:06:36
Half of the 344 finishers were still out there at this point.
2:53:24 in hand before the 6h cutoff
The start line
Men and women
Two medians on the same scale. The bars run from the start to the cutoff, so the gap between them is the gap in time.
Men
2:55:27
median finish; average 2:59:30
237 finishers, 69% of the field
Women
3:33:46
median finish; average 3:33:40
107 finishers, 31% of the field
0:38:19 separates the two medians, across 237 men and 107 women.
Finish time by age group
Every track runs from the start to the 6h cutoff, so the empty part of a bar is the time that group's median finisher still had. Men and women are drawn on the same scale.
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU | 2:45:27 | 166 | |
| MO | 3:16:54 | 71 |
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FU | 3:23:58 | 84 | |
| FO | 3:46:25 | 23 |
Full bar: 20 finishers or more. Tick alone: fewer than 20, too few for a median to say much. The shaded row is the biggest group.
Where the finishers came from
98% of the finishers came from Italy alone.
| Nation | Finishers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Italy IT | 337 98.0% | |
| Russia RU | 2 0.6% | |
| Canada CA | 1 0.3% | |
| France FR | 1 0.3% | |
| Netherlands NL | 1 0.3% | |
| Romania RO | 1 0.3% | |
| Ukraine UA | 1 0.3% |
Bar length is against the largest nation. The smallest counts are drawn at a minimum visible width, so their bars are not to scale.
How these numbers were computed
These are times for runners who finished. They exclude everyone who started and did not, so they describe how long finishing took, not how long the race takes. Bands with only a handful of finishers move a lot from one edition to the next.
We plot the median, not the average. A handful of very quick runners drags the average well below the time half the field actually beat, so the median is the honest number to plan against.
Nationality here shows who travels to this race, not who runs it best. That alone is why a host nation tops almost every list.
Computed from the full official results, verified September 20, 2026 - Official results
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Aid stations and checkpoints
| Checkpoint | Km | Cumulative gain (m) | Cumulative loss (m) | Cutoff | Crew | Drop bag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start - Palazzuolo sul Senio | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Palazzuolo sul Senio (Finish) | 19.99 | 1,041 | 1,041 | Sat 15:30 | - | - |
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide. Source: official race guide, verified September 20, 2026 - Official race website
FAQ
How long is Trail del Cinghiale 20K?
Trail del Cinghiale 20K covers 19.99 km (about 12 miles) as a loop starting and finishing in Palazzuolo sul Senio, in the Apennines between Tuscany and Romagna.
How much elevation gain does Trail del Cinghiale 20K have?
The organiser gives 1,041 m of climbing and 1,041 m of descent - about 52 m per kilometre, a steeper ratio than the 100K.
What is the cutoff time for Trail del Cinghiale 20K?
The overall limit is 6 hours from the 09:30 start on Saturday 31 October 2026, so the finish closes at 15:30. There is one aid point and no published intermediate time gate.
What is a typical finish time for Trail del Cinghiale 20K?
Of the 344 finishers in 2025, the median time was 3:06:36 against a mean of 3:10:08. Men finished in 2:55:27 median and women in 3:33:46. The winner ran 1:39:23 and the last finisher 5:17:54.
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